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ER \\)e blue r)ills distant summit, 



(^l^rou^t) tpe woodland, down tpe vale, 
Happy sunbeams wander, leaving 
(golden patl)ways in tpeir trail. 



s sweet beralds come reioicma 



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•ayinn : " I \ise ! your 4\ina advances, 
Haste to ^reet tl^e K^ristmas-tide ! 



N i\)e quiet l^aunts of nature 

Wl^ere i\r)e birds in spnn^-tinne nest, 
V\l\)ere sweet violets reflected 

t^row beside tbe water s breast, 
riow i\)e sunbeams passina, alinnmer 

On tl^e leafless branc^ies bipb, 
t^lance wl^ere snuoiy covered violets 

Waitina for tbe sprinn-time, lie. 



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HERE tl^e fir-trees — arms entwininn- 
trroup in many a araceful band, 

l\obecl in surplice wl^ite and sbminci 
^ilent ci^oristers to stand, 

t^enily now Ipe sunbeamis pausina, 



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Os witl} reverent fooisleps waitina, 
9n tpe \)us\) of silent prayer. 



^"^ 0R a peace unr^nown to spnna-time, 
y er tbe landscape seems to dwel 
Ond trje murmurinn breezes onl . 
Words of kindly blessina tell ; 
Wnly tollow wr^ere tpe sunbeams 



^. oyous footsteps ligbily fal 



Dreatr^inn soft tl^e ob^^istmas messaae, 
" Peace on earth, aood will to all. 



Annie C. .Mc()rKK\. 



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